Monday, March 24, 2014

Freezing wind and dermatologists

This week it has gotten very cold. But
on top of that, the wind is very strong. To the point that it is difficult to
walk because it pushes you over. Time to bring out the winter jackets again.

Every Thursday for the past 3 weeks I
have gone the hospital in Concepcion. I had some kind of skin problem but the
doctors didn´t know what it was and it was getting worse pretty fast. So every
week I went to the hospital, they did some tests and we tried some other kind
of treatment for a week. This was kind of a stressful process. Finally this
week I got to see a dermatologist and when I took of my shirt she let out a
small scream because of what they had done to me. But now I have the right kind
of medicine and I´m getting better. It´s been a fun learning experience.

This week we found a lot of people. The
problem is that they are never home. We are going to have to figure out how to
schedule with the people better.

At least twice a day a drunk stops us in
the street. It always goes like this: first, a bunch of bad words and insults.
Then they tell us what they think of about god, usually with lots of anger.
They explain how they are good people and that the world is against them (they
usually start to cry at this point) then they ask for our help. My comp likes
to talk to them and tell them to sober up and then we can help them but these
people usually haven't been sober for 30 years and will always refuse the
invitation. So we came up with a plan this week. Every time they stop us we are
going to give them a pamphlet on the word of wisdom and if they sober up enough
to read it, there they can find the help they need. We are also saving a lot of
time with this method.

That's about it for now. The mission is
the coolest and church is true.